METHOD FOR BUILDING A STRUCTURE IN THE GROUND

Abstract: The invention ralates to a method for building in the ground a structure (1) with a floor located at a floor level (9) under ground level, wherein in at least one construction excavation area (5) ground is excavated to a level that is lower than the floor level (9), wherein after excavation of the ground a construction space (5) is closed off inside the construction excavation area with a foil (14), for instance of plastic, and wherein drainage provisions (20) are arranged under the floor level. In a known method of this type the foil is arranged in a construction space, the sides of which are bounded by ground with a natural slope. This requires much space which is permanently removed from the area surrounding the structure. This moreover requires much earthwork. In addition the surface enclosed by the foil collects much rainwater which has to be pumped away. The invention has for its object to reduce at least partly the drawbacks of the said known method. For this purpose the method according to the invention has the feature that the construction excavation area (5) is closed off with at least one construction excavation wall of steel profiles (3).

Description: METHOD FOR BUILDING A STRUCTURE IN THE GROUND The invention relates to a method as designated in the preamble of claim 1. Such a method is known from "Civiele en Bouwkundige Techniek", no.8, September 1983, pages 21-24. Herein the foil is arranged in a construction space, the sides of which are bounded by ground with a natural slope. This requires much space which is permanently removed from the area surrounding the structure. This moreover requires much earthwork. In addition, the surface enclosed by the foil collects much rainwater which has to be pumped away. The invention has for its object to reduce at least partly the drawbacks of the said known method. The method according to the invention has for this purpose the characteristic of claim 1. The invention also relates to and provides a struc¬ ture built with use of the invented method. If the steel profiles are removed from the ground after arranging of the foil (14) the costs of this method are reduced con¬ siderably. Mentioned and other features of the invention will be elucidated in the description of the invention follow¬ ing hereinbelow with reference to drawings, in which: Figure 1 shows a top view of a structure during application of the method according to the invention; Figures 2-12 show on a larger scale the sections II- II to XII-XII indicated in figure 1; Figure 13 shows the section XIII-XIII of figure 1; Figures 14 and 16 show on a larger scale a top view of fraction XIV in figure 1 with two different embodi- ments; Figure 15 shows the section XV-XV of figure 14; Figure 17 shows a vertical section along the line XVII-XVII in figure 16; Figures 18-20 show sections corresponding with figures 6-8 relating to another embodiment variant of the method according to the invention; and Figure 21 shows on a larger scale detail XXI of figure 18. In order to build a structure 1 according to the invention, which is drawn as example in completed state in figure 12 with dimensions in millimetres and which comprises carriageways 2 for road traffic located below ground level (MV) , the method according to the invention is applied as shown schematically in successive steps in figures 1-11 and 13. Figure 2: Steel sheet piling profiles 3 are struck into the ground to form sheet-pile walls 4 to enclose a construction excavation area 5. Figure 3: The sheet-pile walls 4 are anchored in transverse direction by means of grouted anchors 6 or by means of cross struts 7 indicated with dashed lines. The ground is excavated from the construction exca¬ vation area 5 to a level 8 lower than the floor level 9 of the carriageways 2 and higher than the bottom edge 10 of the sheet-pile walls 4. The excavation level 8 is a thickness of the sand layer 13 deeper than the laying level of the foil 14. The laying level of foil 14 is such that the water pressure under foil 14 is smaller than the total pressure of water and ballast material which is present above the foil 14 for arranging. Figure 4 : Support shields 11 are placed which are lined on their inner sides with a drainage layer 99. Figure 5: In the channels 18 between sheet-pile walls 4 and support shields 11 are arranged water-inhib¬ iting layers 12 and in addition a sand layer 13 of clas- sified sand, without sharp portions, is arranged above the level 8. Figure 6 : A long watertight foil 14 is laid on the sand layer 13, wherein its side pieces 15 are folded over. The spreading out flat of foil 14 takes place for instance by means of sinking under its own weight in combination with cables 16 which are already pre-arranged through the support shield 11 (see figure 5) . The side pieces 15 are erected against support shields 11 by means of cables 17 or optionally in that the ends of cables 16 are first moved to the edges 98 which are then pulled outward in horizontal direction by cables 16 and in that the edges 98 are thereafter pulled upward by means of cables 17. Figure 7: Ground is arranged evenly up to floor level 9 inside the foil 14 and in the channels 18, pref¬ erably such that the ground level inside the foil is continually slightly higher than in the channels 18, wherein the necessary drainage pipes 20 are incorporated in this ground. Classified sand is herein arranged against foil 14. Figure 8: The space inside foil 14 above the drain¬ age pipes 20 is pumped dry. Draining takes place simulta¬ neously in the channels 18 by means of drainage pipes 90. The water level in channels 18 is always kept slightly lower than the water level inside foil 14. In the space between foil 14 and support shield 11 the water level is likewise kept lower than the water level inside foil 14, this making use of the drainage mat 99 and provisions (not drawn) in the support shield 11. Supporting ground is arranged above floor level 9 as a natural slope or, preferably, supported by means of concrete retaining walls 22. Figure 9: The sheet-pile wall profiles 3 can be pulled out of the ground and be re-used. The structure 1 is then finished by laying of the carriageways 2 and sewage pipes 23. In the method according to the invention the struc¬ ture 1 is built, if it is long, in a number of construc¬ tion excavations 25 which are located in succession and which are for instance 200 m long and mutually separated by means of partitions 26 (figures 10, 11, 14, 15). At the position of a partition 26 a connecting excavation area 27 is created between sheet-pile walls 4 by driving in sheet-pile wall profiles 33 to form transverse walls 34. This connecting excavation area 27 is divided into two spaces 29 by driving in sheet-pile wall profiles 35 to form an intermediate wall 36. After the ground has been excavated in the connect¬ ing excavation area 27 to a depth which is a concrete layer thickness deeper than the level 8, a concrete floor 32 is laid. After curing thereof this space 26 is pumped dry. A sill 31 and a standing wall 30 of reinforced concrete are arranged on floor 32 on either side of the sheet-pile wall 35. One of the sheet-pile walls 33 bound- ing a construction excavation area 5 which is in the situation of figure 5 is thereafter erected after the space 29 of the connecting excavation area 27 has been filled with water. The edge of the foil 14 arranged in construction excavation 25 is then fixed under water to the sill 31 and the wall 30 by divers by means of strips 38 and bolts 39. When both construction excavation areas 25 are provided on either side of the partition 26 with a continuous foil 14, or at a later stage, the wall 35 is also removed, wherein it is cut loose on the inner side and above the concrete. Instead of a connecting excavation area 27 a parti¬ tion 26 can be realized by means of the removable door 40 of figures 16 and 17. In each sheet-pile wall 4 a special U-shaped sheet-pile wall profile 41 is then employed in which a U-shaped coupling profile 42 is received slidably which is provided with flanges 43 for coupling on an edge of a foil 14 by means of strips 44 and bolts 45. A door 40 is arranged in the coupling profile 42 slidably and sealed by means of sealing strips 46. The door 40 is slid downward in two sheet-pile wall profiles 41, while being held in place on the two cou¬ pling profiles 42 and on a coupling profile 48 which is situated on the bottom edge of the door 40, until this coupling profile 48 comes to support on sand layer 13. When both foils 14 are fixed to coupling profiles 42 and 48 the door 40 can be pulled up therefrom. In the method of figures 18-21 a support shield 11 is not used but the side pieces 15 of foil 14 are held in place in a different way. For this purpose the folded edge 50 is drawn tighter by means of cables 51 which run through tubes 52 which are fixed to the sheet-pile wall 4, while the top edges 53 of the side pieces 15 are erected by means of cables 17 and thereafter held fixedly on means 55 present above the ground. Once the structure 1 is completed the sheet-pile wall 4 can be removed and only the cables 51 remain behind in the ground. It is conceivable to place the support shields 11 flat against the inner side of the sheet-pile walls 4, for instance in the form of plates which themselves have practically no bending stiffness but which support against the sheet-pile walls 4. During withdrawal of the sheet-pile walls 4 these support shields 11 are held in the ground. The created structure 1 can contain a carriageway for road or rail vehicles, can also contain a storage space for separating the stored material from groundwa- ter. *****

Claims: CLAIMS 1. Method for building in the ground a structure (1) with a floor (2) located at a floor level (9) under ground level, wherein in at least one construction exca¬ vation area (5) ground is excavated to a level that is lower than the floor level (9) , wherein after excavation of the ground a construction space is closed off inside the construction excavation area (5) with a foil (14) , for instance of plastic, and wherein drainage provisions (20) are arranged under the floor level (9) , character- ized in that the construction excavation area (5) is closed off with at least one construction excavation wall (4) of steel profiles (3) . 2. Method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the steel profiles (3) are removed from the ground after arranging of the foil (14) . 3. Method as claimed in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that in at least a part of the construction excavation area (5) filler material, for example sand, is arranged simultaneously on either side of at least one erected foil wall (15) . 4. Method as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, characterized in that at least one channel space (18) between the construction excavation wall (4) and an erected foil wall (15) is closed on its underside with water-inhibiting means, for instance a clay layer (12) or a foil strip. 5. Method as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, characterized in that at least one foil support shield (11) is arranged inside the construction excavation area (5) . 6. Method as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that at least a part of the foil support shield (11) is removed from the construction excavation area (5) after arranging of the foil (14) . 7. Method as claimed in any of the foregoing claims, characterized in that at a location between at least two construction excavation areas (5) placed one after anoth¬ er is created at least one connecting excavation area (27) which is closed off by means of at least one con¬ struction excavation wall (34) , wherein in the connecting excavation area (27) ground is excavated and a coupling construction (30-32) is arranged and wherein the end of at least one foil (14) is fixed to the coupling construc¬ tion (30-32) , but in preference ends of at least two foils (14) extending on either side of the coupling construction are fixed to the coupling construction (30- 32) . 8. Method as claimed in any of the claims 1-6, characterized in that construction excavation areas (5) are mutually separated by means of a door (40) . 9. structure manufactured with use of the method as claimed in any of the foregoing claims. *****

Inventors: KNULST RUDOLF HANS, KNULST, RUDOLF, HANS
Applicants: BALLAST NEDAM BETON WATER, HATTUM & BLANKEVOORT BV, HOLLANDSE BETON WATERBOUW, KNULST RUDOLF HANS, BALLAST NEDAM BETON- EN WATERBOUW B.V., HOLLANDSE BETON- EN WATERBOUW B.V., KNULST, RUDOLF, HANS, VAN HATTUM EN BLANKEVOORT B.V.
Application year: 1994
Main classification: E02D17
IPC codes: E02D17